In places with more income inequality-with bigger gaps between high- and low-income families-young people who grow up in wealthier families obtain more education and children in poorer families obtain less education than in places with more income equality.This is an example of which of the following?

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Social reproduction refers to the way in which social inequalities are passed down from one generation to the next. In this case, income inequality is leading to unequal educational outcomes for children from different socioeconomic backgrounds, which is an example of social reproduction. Social closure refers to the ways in which certain groups of people (e.g. based on race or gender) are excluded from accessing certain opportunities, which is not directly relevant to this scenario. The achievement gap refers to differences in academic performance between different groups of students (e.g. racial or socioeconomic groups), which is a result of social reproduction, but not the best answer to describe the situation presented in the question. Social gap is not a commonly used term in sociology and does not accurately describe the situation presented in the question.

In Places with More Income Inequality-With Bigger Gaps Between High-